Conventional wisdom suggests that young buyers will turn away from the products their parents drove – potentially good news for Detroit’s Big Three who collectively lost the big Baby Boom generation to the imports.

New models, such as the Ford Fiesta, are specifically targeting Generation-Y, and the success of those products could determine whether Detroit reverses decades of market share losses, particularly in trendy coastal regions, such as California, where domestic brands account for barely one in four current car sales. (Click Here to find out which are the most “patriotic” automotive markets.)

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Unfortunately for the Motor City, a new study suggests that while Gen-Y might be turning away from some traditionally strong Japanese marques, like Toyota and Honda, those young buyers are continuing to focus on Asian, rather than American, automakers.